Street Scenes (1970)

In the late Spring of 1970, nationwide protests against the war in Vietnam focused in the Wall Street area of New York City and ultimately in a major anti-war demonstration in Washington, D.C. A group of New York University film students documented the demonstrations as they happened in both cities. Later, in New York, the massive amount of black and white and color 16mm footage was edited into this important record of the day by day events. The extended final scene, shot by Edward Summer in a hotel room in Washington, D.C., is a spontaneous conversation among Martin Scorsese, Harvey Keitel, Jay Cocks and Verna Bloom who, along with a large group of NYU students, found themselves frustrated and perplexed by the events and hopeful that the protests would result in change.

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Summary Details
Running Time1 hr 15 min
GenresDocumentary History
FilmmakersRole
Martin Scorsese Director
Nancy Bennett Cinematographer
John Butman Cinematographer
Dick Catron Cinematographer
Frederick Elmes Cinematographer
Bill Etra Cinematographer
Tom Famighetti Cinematographer
Peter Flynn Cinematographer
Robert Foresta Cinematographer
David Freeberg Cinematographer
Tiger Graham Cinematographer
Fred Hadley Cinematographer
Tony Janetti Cinematographer
Arnold Klein Cinematographer
Don Lenzer Cinematographer
Ron Levitas Cinematographer
Didier Loiseau Cinematographer
David Ludwig Cinematographer
Harry Peck Bolles Cinematographer
Bob Pitts Cinematographer
Laura Primakoff Cinematographer
Peter Rea Cinematographer
Danny Schneider Cinematographer
Gordon Stein Cinematographer
Oliver Stone Cinematographer
Edward Summer Cinematographer
Bruce Tabor Cinematographer
Nat Tripp Cinematographer
Stanley Weiser Cinematographer
Bob Zahn Cinematographer
Angela Kirby Editor
Maggie Koven Editor
Gerry Pallor Editor
Peter Rea Editor
Thelma Schoonmaker Editor
Larry Tisdall Editor
CastRole
Verna Bloom
Jay Cocks
Harvey Keitel
William Kunstler